Balloon toy



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J. F. MULHOLLAND BALLOON TOY Filed August 27, 1925 N V/JN'TOR.

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UNITED STA to children.

A further object is the provision of an inflatable toy having partscapable of ready assembly', Land arranged when assembled to permanently'stand in an upright position, l and to'land insuch position when pushedsidewis'e or thrown into the air.

`Inrthe accompanying"drawingA which illustrates my invention and forms apart-of this specification,

.Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete toy,

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, w Figure 3 is an enlarged sideview of thel inflated body,

Figure 4 ,is a plan viewI of the body band, Figure 5 lis a horizontalsection through the body, and

Figure 6 is aV plan view of the base plate or support.

Referring now tothese figures, my invention proposes a toy having aninflatable body 10, preferably one which when inflated has a tail 11,adapted to be extended through the opening 12 of a fiat base plate orsupport 13 of suilieient proportions to hold the body in uprightpositionwhen said plate rests uponj a flat supporting surface. The tail 11 isalso.v extended through a weight ring 14. and may be tied or knottedbelow the plate 13 in order lete the connection.

It will be noted that the weight ring 14 affords an eifective seat forthe inflated body 10 and also insures return of the light body to anupright position when pushed sidewise or thrown 1nto the air.

f the body 10 is to some extent at least immaterial, I have shown thesame of elongated form with the tail at oney end, the body being adaptedto be drawn in around the other end as by means of a tape.

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Application led August 27, 1925. Serial INO. 52,873.

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1. The ,combination W body provided with a. closed tail, of a flatperforated base piece on the tail and means 70 for securing the end ofthe tail below said 2. The comblnation w1 base piece, of an inflatablebody having a closed tail in said perforated base piece and securingmeans below the base piece, and a weight-ring encircling the ltail andlocated between the body and base piece.

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15 adapted to form a necktie and a head portion 16 above the necktie.portion may be printed orl otherwise ornamented upon its surface tosimulate the ,facial features, and the remaining portion of the body maybe similarly ornamented to represent clothing on the body.

, Moreover, a band 17 may be yextended partly around the body lwithfreely projecting ends 18 cut' to represent arms and hands. This bandmay be attached'by short sections of gumnied tapes 19 at spacedpointstherealong .which V`.willvl adhere.l directly to `the This head The baseplate or support 13 may be cut and ornamented to`si`mulate the feet andthus the complete toy will have amanlike appearance and vthe figure willstand upri ht at all times witharnusing and enter 65 ith an inflatablebase piece, a welght locatedI between the body and base piece and meansfor retaining ,the weight on the tail.

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3. A balloon toy having means constricting 4a portion thereot` to forman inflated body and an inflated hea stituting a detachable neck-tie,base-piece to which the body is loosely andetachable band about lthebody portion havingl free ends forming arms d, saidk means con- `adetachable -In testimony whereof I have aixed my JAMES F. MUnHoLLAND.

